Dr. Pepper Website Hosting Lesson

Posted December 7th, 2008 Under: Web Hosting Issues.

When the Dr. Pepper Website, drpepper.com went down on 23 November 2008, many people questioned the company’s intent. Most of the top ten searches on Google led to sites questioning the intent of the company.
In this article, I address the importance of planning ahead and avoiding Web hosting disaster such as what happened to the Dr. Pepper Website, drpepper.com, when the company needed it most.
Following extensive promotions by Dr. Pepper offering a free can of their Dr. Pepper drink if Axl Rose released the album “Chinese Democracy” in 2008, the company intent was questioned. The likely truth is that their [...]

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